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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Police in Small Country Centres

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 10

The policy of withdrawing police from small country centres and centring them in the larger towns was criticised in the Legislative Assembly…

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Police Expect Further Terrorism. Melbourne

North West Champion · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 1

Police Inspector W. Donnelly, Chief of the Victorian Homicide Squads, believes that more terrorism may follow Friday night's bomb attack on…

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Police Investigate Artist's Disappearance SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 1

CIB detectives have begun an investigation into the disappearance of a Swiss contortionist, Alick Broenimann, 18, who has…

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Graziers Fined for Condition of Shearers' Premises. Moree Petty Sessions Court

North West Champion · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 3

At last week's Court of Petty Sessions, several graziers of the Moree district were fined for not adhering to requirements set out…

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Pallamallawa Boy's Death. Police Statement on Circumstances of Tragedy

North West Champion · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 1

Ivan Macey, 12 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. g. B. Macey, of Pallamallawa, died on Thursday morning after drinking a…

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Gaol-breaker Captured Goulburn

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 1

A sick Goulburn gaol prisoner was recaptured today six hours after he had escaped from a ward at Goulburn District Hospital. The prisoner…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 2

On four charges, Leonard Brennan was fined a total of £11/5/- at the Police Court on Wednesday. The charges and their respective fines…

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ACTU Application to High Court SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 1

The application by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for a writ of mandamus, directing the Federal Arbitration Court to…

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£40 Fine Imposed for Drunken Driving. Moree Court of Petty Sessions

North West Champion · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 5

A £40 fine or 80 days hard labour was sentenced on Walter Angus, labourer, of Pallamallawa, at the Moree Court of Petty…

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Police Suspended and Charged with Assault. Dorrigo

North West Champion · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 1

A Police Sergeant with 29 years service and two Constables were yesterday suspended from duty and charged at Dorrigo with having…

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Detective Fined for Stealing Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

A former detective, Arthur Meredith Cawood. 28, of Belmore, was fined a total of £15 and ordered to pay compensation when he pleaded…

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Charged with Plot Against Bulgarian Government

North West Champion · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

SOFIA, Thursday (AAP).—The former Bulgarian Vice-Premier, Traicho Kostov, was yesterday formally charged with having…

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Gun-point Arrest Follows Police Chase SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 1

A few hours after a £1300 robbery at Helensburg, Police, after a chase, forced a car and trailer into the gutter near Sunderland early this morning and arrested four men at gun point as they attempted to escape…

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Court's Direction Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 1

The Full Arbitration Court in a reserved decision today ordered union reinstatement of a man expelled from the Federated Clerks' Union for…

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High Court's Verdict in Baby Case MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 1

The Full High Court, by a majority decision, today dismissed the appeal of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morrison, in the famous Kyneton…

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